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uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by jart »

JohnWhigham wrote: post #321
jart wrote: post #222

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They probably don't have the data. Unless they started monitoring people for jaywalking, driving through crosswalks, smoking on trains, not cleaning up after dogs, buying junk food at 711, etc.

You realize all that is coming, right? Health insurance companies would love to adjust your premium on the fly when they see you buy a 6 pack at the store.

Or perhaps the opposite where more cities and suburbs become like San Francisco and everyone is so afraid to go outside they retreat into darth vader pods with internet connections or escape to Fiji like Larry.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by godshatter »

epmatsw wrote: post #132
somehnacct3757 wrote: post #119

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If the site owner views it that way, they can detect my adblocker and put up a paywall. And if they're afraid that a paywall will cause people to bounce, then deep down they know what I already know: their content isn't worth paying for.

This is probably the best take. If someone says that ads are part of the deal, fair enough. I can go somewhere else, or I can honor the deal. Otherwise, seems unethical to me.

What "deal"? They are providing publicly accessible information, I'm choosing to only download a portion of it. If this is affecting their bottom-line, maybe they should rethink their business model. Not my problem.

I block ads to save myself from buying things I don't need, to save myself from being tracked over the internet, and because they are often annoying and sometimes contain malware. I see nothing wrong with this.

I'm not the one that is abusing some sort of "deal", in my opinion.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by rfgil »

pmoriarty wrote: post #326

Is there any reason not to enable all the blocklists and filters in uBlock Origin that aren't enabled by default? And why aren't they enabled by default? Finally, are there any other quick/easy things that can be done by users to improve uBlock's blocking... like maybe installing some other blocklists that aren't in uBlock Origin at all?

I usually add this list to uBlockOrigin to remove the cookies consent popup. https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by Liquix »

anonymousab wrote: post #170
rinze wrote: post #157

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I use Firefox on Android as a background YouTube player. Just open Youtube on Firefox, select the video you want to watch, lock the screen. The video will stop, but if you press 'play' in the dialog you get in the lock screen, it'll start playing again.

The issue is that the YouTube webpage video player itself tries to detect when it is backgrounded - seemingly via both APIs and usage patterns - and will stop playback when it detects that. This is true on desktops as well. There were extensions to disable this behaviour that thankfully work with Firefox for Android.

NewPipe allows both picture-in-picture and background audio, no extension wrangling required :)

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Post by Arnavion »

pavon wrote: post #256

I need to give uBlock another try. I use and love uMatrix, and was hoping someone would step up to maintain a fork of it, but six months later it is apparent that will not be the case (and is far outside my expertise). For some reason uBlock never clicked with me. The various global blocking settings I tried either broke too many sites or let too many annoyances through, and I found the process for allowing/blocking…

>I found the process for allowing/blocking third-party resources on a per-site basis was clunkier than other blockers like uMatrix or Privacy Badger.

It's clunkier yes (requires editing the static filters list by hand), but you might get used to it. My own list is huge (~700 lines across 75 web properties) and took some time to create, but now I only have to touch it once a month on average.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by executesorder66 »

toastercat wrote: post #62

How do ya'll feel about the idea that adblock can be morally equivalent to theft[1]? I see this argument pop up from time to time in relation to people who use alternative clients to services such as YouTube. But if you're using uBlock Origin, you are probably browsing many, many sites that rely at least partially on ad revenue, so it's a similar case. [1] https://twitter.com/LeaVerou/status/518154828166725632

I mean, do you consider it theft if you don't look at a billboard? Fuck these assholes for trying to spin it as if we are stealing from them.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by TameAntelope »

ouid wrote: post #322
TameAntelope wrote: post #303

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Yeah, I hate it when people believe in the work they’re doing and are eager to talk about it. Just the worst.

You genuinely believe that this guy is passionate about his tracking software and is just eager to share?

Yes, absolutely.

Is money a factor? Yes. Do you need passion to make money when building a startup? Yes.

Re: uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox

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Post by louky »

trts wrote: post #211
pessimizer wrote: post #164

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It's hard to forget to install it. The first time you open a browser on a new machine and for a moment, for probably the first time in a while, see how the internet really looks, that's the best ad for uBlock Origin.

The internet with no adblock is a little like driving through Breezewood, Pennsylvania https://imgur.com/a/qmAxHfk

Hilariously that won't even load for me on firefox w/ublock origin.
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